RICHARD Chaplow was "devastated" by the result at Derby - despite scoring his first league goal in Albion colours.

The midfielder grabbed a first-half goal to hand the initiative to Tony Mowbray's men.

But Albion's joy was short-lived as they conceded two goals in the space of three second-half minutes.

Chaplow admitted it had ruined his personal milestone and warned Albion to wise-up when defending leads.

"To concede two was devastating. We played good football at times but we have to learn to close games out when we are 1-0 up if we want to get promotion.

"We have picked up one point from nine yet should have had nine out of nine. We've got to do better. I was delighted to get back in the side and score but that was ruined by the result."

Chaplow hopes he has done enough to keep his place.

"Hopefully I'll get another chance to show the gaffer, the fans and the lads what I'm capable of," he added. "We have two home games now. We created a lot of chances on Saturday and we need to start capitalising on those."